ABOUT AMES NATIONAL LABORATORY

Ames National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory located on the campus of Iowa State University. For more than 70 years, the Ames National Laboratory has successfully partnered with Iowa State and is unique among the 17 DOE laboratories in that it is physically located on the campus of a major research university. Many of the scientists and administrators at the Laboratory also hold faculty positions at the University, and the Laboratory has access to both undergraduate and graduate student talent.

Ames National Laboratory is a global leader in the discovery, synthesis, analysis and application of new materials, novel chemistries and transformational analytical tools. Researchers conduct fundamental and applied research that helps the world to better understand the nature of the building blocks that make up our universe.